OMG, this is the worse. I have no roosters. Yesterday one of my young chicks which just turned a year buff orp. was spread out in the egg laying spot. I tried to gather the eggs, which she did lay as well but pecked the heck out of me. It was so bad I couldn't grab her to throw her off. The...
I just wanted to share a crazy mouse trap that is working. I took a flower glass vase thaqt is curved at the neck, tied against the wiring and have caught several every night since. this winter I noticed mice dug tunnels under by chickens food and water. Saw them running around when I lifter...
This breed confusing me. Her crown turned red at two weeks old. Really hasn't changed in size but now is getting wattles. She is approximately almost seven weeks. The very strange thing is she is the first chicken that sleeps on her side. I freaked out the first time when she was new and...
I wanted to share put the babies in hen house. Very scary. I have been putting them outside for a week now for few hours at a time. They are in a dog cage and I have a hen that has been by her self and very lonely as the other hen is raising two babies and I separated them since this one tried...
I have a leg horn that keeps going broody. She is two years old now. Her first year she went broody in July and then again in September. I put her in a cage to break her each time which worked. Except no eggs for most of last summer. This year she started to lay again and guess what today...
I am new to here and couldn't fine my old posting to update. I lost my hen but wanted to share what I learned to others dealing with same issues. Originally found my hen crouched down feathers puffed, hiding. Her crop was full of fluid. Set up cage and started my research what to do including...
I have read so much on this issue on this site. My chicken brahma, two year old, found a week ago with an impacted crop like a balloon. No foul smell. She was just laying in a corner. Picked her up and she started puking some of the liquid out. I put her in a warm place in a dog cage. Kept...
Hello, have been searching here decided to join. I have three chickens, California White, autralorp (SP?) and Brahma. Have two dogs, German Shepard and a mixed rescue dog. Have two cats as well. Live on 10 acres in the country. When kids were young had two chickens that were hatched at their...